Secret U Nineteen Day Survey Probes Prohibition Sentiment
The Hoover commission conducts a secret nationwide inquiry into prohibition effects on laboring classes. In Indianapolis James J. Forrester interviews labor leaders and workers, asks 14 questions on morale, economy, family life, health, sobriety, sources of liquor, and sentiment toward the Volstead act, with plans to report to the Wickersham committee.
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Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Times
James J. Forrester
National Commission On Law Observance and Enforcement
The
Times
Forrester
East
George W. Wickersham
Wagner Accuses Congress Leaders On Relief Bill Delay
Senator Wagner of New York charges in a statement that unemployment relief measures now before Congress are being hindered by leadership delays. He outlines his views on the bill's progress and the obstacles facing passage.
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United Press
Washington
Wagner
Dem
N. Y
Congress
Byrd and Antarctic explorers return to New York crowds
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd and 77 companions arrived home after two years mapping the Antarctic. A harbor procession of ships escorted the party, and crowds cheered as medals were awarded at City Hall.
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New York
EW York
Richard Evelyn Byrd
New York Harbor
Battery
Broadway
City Hall Park
Antarctic
Bernt Balchen
Byrd
Paul Siple
Eleanor Bolling
City of New York
Grover Whalen
James J. Walker
Walker
South Pole
City of
Richard Byrd
Alive Schroeder Proved Alive Says Wife in Mobile
Mobile residents report Leah Schroeder asserts husband Harold Schroeder is alive after his car with a charred body was found near Indianapolis. Investigators question her about letters from Nashville and Indianapolis claims. she says she misplaced key letters and may face felony charges. Police note two bullet holes in the windshield, with witnesses contradicting Schroeder’s account.
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Leah Schroeder
Harold Herbert Schroeder
High School
Indianapolis
Nashville
George Eg
John Stump
C. H. Keeger
Gene Carson
Fae Bracken
South
Illinois Street
Miss Carson
Schroder
Schroeder
Miss Oe
St Petersburg to Host 1931 Grotto Conclave
The Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets selects St. Petersburg Florida as the site for the 1931 supreme council session. Selama Grotto earns the hosting honor over Zuleika Grotto Buffalo New York after a competitive bid. The event features drum and bugle corps contests, band competitions, and a Mardi Gras finale at Riverside amusement park with Pete De Paolo and other legends.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Supreme Council
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets
Claypool
Selama Grotto
Zuleika Grotto
Buffalo
N. Y
Indiana Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Little Rock
Ark
Atlantic City
N. J
Canton
Kerman Grotto
Terre Haute
Cincinnati
Sahara
Pete de Paolo
Lou Moore
Louis Meyer
Shorty Cantlon
Herman Schurch
Riverside Amusement Park
James A Reed to Tell the Story of Prohibition
Former Senator James A Reed will begin a series in The Indianapolis Times titled The Crime Against Temperance. He will recount how prohibition evolved and the shifting wet and dry public sentiment after recent straw votes.
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James A. Reed
Prohibition
Indianapolis Times
Hail Levels Growths Across Posey County Farm Strip
A June 19 storm left a three four mile wide strip of Smith township Posey county barren with ice covered ground. Wheat tomatoes and other crops were beaten into the earth while houses escaped heavy damage due to calm winds. Farmers scooped hail from porches.
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Posey County
Times
MT. Vernon
Ind
Smith Township
Great Car Stride Seen By United P Indon
June 20 report predicts a future where airplanes land on rooftops and a car that never wears out is envisioned. It notes a British firm has developed unscatchable steel and mentions hourly temperatures.
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United Pindon
Prosecutor Denies Orchestrating Vote Probe Funds
Marion county council heard Prosecutor Judson L. Stark insist he could run the grand jury election probe without a special prosecutor. He opposed a $5,000 funding request, while grand jury foreman Charles Fitch warned funds were needed to complete the inquiry before the June 30 discharge. The council removed the $5,000 item and approved a $350,000 temporary loan for county operations, plus $286,000 for flood prevention and belt elevation projects. County Clerk George O. Hutsell was denied $2,100 to hire deputies to collect about $40,000 in delinquent dues.
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Grand Jury
Marion County Council
Judson L. Stark
Stark
James A. Collins
Charles G. Fitch
George O. Hutsell
G. A. R. Head Gaining After Pneumonia Relapse
Noblesville Indiana June 19 The newly elected state G. A. R. commander Dr Isaac Austin 86 year old Civil War veteran is reported improved after a relapse on Wednesday Physicians said he had influenza after the encampment at Wabash last week and the illness developed into pneumonia He was moved by ambulance from Kokomo to Noblesville to be with his sister
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Isaac Austin
United Press
Noblesville
Ind
Austin
Wabash
Kokomo
Maniac killer brags of mercy to third victim in New York
Reported by the New York Journal the heavily armed slayer boasts of sparing his third victim W A V 8 while promising more deaths in a sixteen murder plot tied to recovered papers. Police deploy 2000 officers across Queens chasing clues and the killer’s claimed links to Saint Christopher medal and rifle marksman badge emerge as witnesses describe the assailant’s disturbing features.
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United Press
NEW York
New York Journal Today
College Point
Boston
Harold Bridenbach
Queens
Noel Lowley
Joseph Moyznski
Catherine May
Betty Ring
Liberty
Mulrooney
Miss Ring
Lowley
Saint Christopher
Life sentence for strangler in hotel murder
Dexter Dayton, 26, an insurance salesman, was given life imprisonment by Judge Peyton Gordon after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the strangling of 19 year old stenographer Marjorie O Donnell in a hotel in Ashington. O Donnell came from Oil City Pennsylvania.
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United Press
Ashington
Dexter Dayton
Peyton Gordon
Marjorie O'Donnell
Miss O’donnell
Dayton
Oil City
French Reactions Studied to New U S Tariff
Paris reports the cabinet met to study the new American tariff schedules. Pierre Etienne Flandin, minister of commerce, ordered an immediate survey of the tariff’s repercussion in France and its colonies.
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Bay United Press
Paris
Pierre Etienne Flandin
France
Doheny Case Dropped After Out of Court Settlement
The $10,000,000 suit against E. L. Doheny and Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Co. by Frank H. Kindel and other stockholders was settled out of court and dismissed today in Los Angeles.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
E. L. Doheny
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Frank H. Kindel
Wayman King Faces Judge Over Versatile Act and Elephant Toss
Chicago judge rules Wayman King must curb public disturbances from his multi disciplined act. The knife thrower sword swallower bull whip artist tight rope walker and tattooed performer is cited for nuisance after an incident involving a small elephant thrown toward Miss Kingswell.
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United Press
Hicago
Wayman King
Chicago
Alfred O. Erickson
Wayman
Miss Kingswell
Publisher Hitchcock Announces Senate Candidacy in Omaha
Former Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, publisher of the Omaha World Herald, announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for United States senator. He will oppose Omaha physician Dr. Jennie Callias, who was ousted from the Democratic ticket for refusing to support a policy.
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United Press
Omaha
Neb
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Omaha World Herald
United States
Hitchcock
Jennie Callias
Appraisal Sets Price for Churches on Plaza at $11 285 190
Marion county must decide on buying the two War Memorial Plaza churches. The First Baptist site is valued at 689 815 and the Second Presbyterian at 595 375, totaling 11 285 190, with movable fixtures to be removed prior to sale.
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Marion County
Indiana War Memorial Plaza
First Baptist Church
Second Presbyterian Church
J. K. Lilly
Eli Lilly & Co
John J. Reilly
Elmer W. Stout
Fletcher American National Bank
Marion
American Legion
George Snider
Harry Dunn
Commissioners Board
John E. Shearer
Baptist
Presbyterian
Ex-Mayor Slack Serves as Best Man in Private Office
Former Indianapolis mayor L. Ert Slack fulfilled a pledge by acting as best man at the wedding of J. Ed Burk to Miss Emma Rottler today. The ceremony took place in Slack’s Chamber of Commerce office with Rev Frederick R Davies officiating and Elsie Rottler as bridesmaid, witnessed by the bride and groom’s parents.
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L. Ert Slack
Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce
J. Ed. Burk
White Avenue
Central Committee of
South Side Civic Clubs
Slack
Emma Rottler
South State Street
Frederick R. Davies
Zion Evangelical Church
Elsie Rottler
John Rottler
City Theaters to Undergo Fire Safety Inspection
State and city fire authorities will inspect city theaters. Deputy Fire Marshal D. McDonald and Harry E. Davis will oversee the survey, which will be conducted three days a week. Alfred E. Houston announced the cooperative effort to boost fire prevention.
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D. McDonald
Harry E. Davis
Alfred E. Houston
Houston
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